Process Blog? What - and why - is that?

So I have this tendency to really to be really excited about, well, everything. And I’m learning to love that about myself, because we’re all on a journey of growth, right?

However, it’s not so easy to love that part of myself when it feels like I can come up with a dozen ideas, practice a dozen skills, and as I keep growing and learning end up with not a ton to show for it other than dragging myself from one externally-motivated finish line to another.

“I promise I’ll update my website soon, I just need to finish learning four programming languages. And I’ll get to recording that pop punk cover soon, I just need to take an online class in guitar tone and buy some new pedals. Pinky Swear.” - My inner voice who’s capable of anything, just never capable of it now

Perfectionism sucks, plain and simple. And the rest of this infrequently-updated website might lead you to believe that I haven’t been up to much. But here’s the kicker: I totally have, and I’m tired of letting myself get in the way of sharing that.

So why this blog? Why now? Well, it’s a touch of the old “doesn’t get done until it has to” - I’ve got to start a blog up for a course I’m taking as part of my Master’s at NYU: “Social VR” taught by Carla Gannis, and I’m getting really excited to learn from someone who makes SO. MUCH. COOL. STUFF. So yeah, I “Have to have this to get a good grade” and all that.

But school isn’t about the class, right? Already (we haven’t even had our first class yet) one of the big lessons I’m taking away is the importance of having a presence. Doing Stuff and Letting the World Know. So i’m taking it and running with it.

There’s gonna be a smattering of things here: assignments, readings, code, designs, music, whatever. But that’s the good thing - this breadth is as much a part of me as anything else, and it’s time to own it. Feel free to stick along for the ride.

One last little thought I’ll leave is a quote that’s been with me a lot recently.

”The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”